The application of principal-agent methods to investor-investee relations in the uk venture capital industry

Venture Capital

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-302

  Reid, Gavin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract optimality; Entrepreneurship; Information handling; Mature small firms; Principal agent model; Risk bearing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011136137     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910699295820     Document Type: Article

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